Splash-board or fender.



PATENTBD MAY 9, 1-905.

E. J. STEWART.

SPLASH BOARD UR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED 13130.22, 1903.

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EMMOR J. STlTlGi VALTIT, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SPLASH BOAFHD OR FENDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 789,576, dated May 9,1905.

Application filed December 22, 1903. Serial No. 186,185.

To all wit/mt if lll/ll/fj concern- Be it known that .l, EMMOR J.S'rEwM-rr, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city of NewYork, borough of hianhattan, State of New York, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Splaslrlioards or Fenders; and 1 dohereby declare the following to he a full, clear, and exact descriptionof theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to whichit appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to theaccompanying drawings, and to letters and figures of reference markedthereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to improvements in splash-boards or fendersespecially adapted for use in conjunction with rotatingscrubbing-brushes, and more especially the style of orus 1 siownamcescri 0L in r .r. 'a l l l l l b l my Lette sl t ent No. 758,714,wherein the brush ismounted between two driving-wheels, said wheelsadapted to rotate the brush through the medium of intermediate gearsmounted within the wheels, the gearing being covered by a frame to whichis connected an operating-handle and on which frame is mounted thesplashboard support.

The object of this invention is to provide a simple, cheap, bute'l'licient device of the character specified and one that maybe easilyand quickly attached to or detached from the brush-frame.

For the purpose of illustrating a simple means of carrying out myinvention 1 have shown the support for the fenders constructed of asingle piece of wire having securing members formed thereon adapted tobe seated. on bosses formed on both sides of the brush- ;frame andhaving arms extending from said members to the front and rear of thebrush, where they are formed into receiving members by being bent toform slots for the reception of sheet-metal fenders, preferably curvedto conform to the contour of the brush, the fenders being provided withclips by means of which they are securely fastened to the support.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 illustrates an application of myinvention. Figs. 2 and 3 are front and side views, re-

spectively, of the skeleton support; Fig. 1, a front view of one of thesplash-boards or fenders; and Fig. 5, a detail perspective View of aportion of a fender, showing a clip riveted thereon instead of being anintegral part thereof.

The skeleton support A is pre ferably,though not necessarily,constructed of a single piece of stiff wire, which is first bent intorectangular form and the two ends secured together to form a continuouspiece. .In the center of two sides of the rectangle is formed a securingmember or eye 1, which is preferably left slightly open, as shown at 2,for the purpose of changing the size of the eye at will. At a point 3 onboth sides of the eyes, at a certain distance therefrom, the distance tobe determined by the diameter of the brush or the ln'ush-frame to whichthe support is to be applied, the sides are bent inwardly a suflicientdistance to be within the plane of the inside of the brush-frame, thenbent downwardly, forming a central portion 4-, whichis curved on a lineof a circle struck from the axis of the eye 1. This curved portion L maybe of any suitable length. As shown in the drawings it is aboutone-third of the remaining length of the wire from the points to theends of the sides. From a point 5 the sides are bent back uponthemselves, forming a slot 6 between said curved portion i and half ofthe end portion 7 of the sides.

B designates a splash-board or fender, preferably composed of sheetmetal, adapted to be bent to conform to the contour of the slot 6, inwhich it is seated when in place. Clamping-ears 8 on both ends and onthe top of the fender may either form a part thereof or they may beriveted, thereto, as shown in Fig. 5. These clamping-ears are turnedaround the support, as shown, and serve to securely hold the fenders inplace. The lower edge or base of the fenders rest on the support at thepoint 5, or, in other words, where the sides are bent back uponthemselves. The fenders may be readily removed from the support bysimply straightening out the clamps and sliding the sheet-metal platesout of the slots.

As shown in Fig. 1, the skeleton is mounted on the brush-frame C bymeans of the eyes 1 taking over a boss or bearing 9, formed on each sideof the frame. As it is preferable to have the fenders remain in oneposition relative to the floor, the eyes 1 are made large enough topermit the rotation of the bosses therein when the latter are rotated bythe raising and lowering of the handle as the brush is moved back andforth. The two fenders will only slightly swing or rock, due to the factthat they balance one another on either side of the brush. hen the brushis to be moved in one direction only, it may be found desirable totightly clamp the skeleton to the brushframe to prevent the rocking ofthe fenders. This may be done by simply reducing the size of the eyessufficiently to cause them to bind on the bosses.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new therein, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent. is

1. The combination with a carrying element, of a fender on one side ofsaid element, a counterbalancing-fender on the other side of saidelement, and a support for said fenders carried by and adapted to swingon the carrying element.

2. The combination with a rotary brush and a frame therefor, of abalanced fender-sup port carried by the frame, and a fender on each endof the support.

3. The combination with a rotary brush, a frame therefor and a bearingformed on each side of the latter, of a skeleton supportingframebalanced on said bearings, and a fender mounted in each end of thesupport.

4. A fender-support comprisinga skeleton framing formed of a singlepiece of wire having securing-eyes formed in two sides of the frame andreceiving members formed by the end portions of said sides.

5. The combination of a frame formed of a single piece of wire havingeyes or loops formed in two of its sides, receiving members formed bythe end portions of said sides, fenders mounted in said receivingmembers, and means on the fenders for securing them to the frame.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention 1 have signed myname in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

EMMOR J. STEW' ART. lVitnesses:

CHAS. M. ARNOLD, Mrs. E. J. STEWART.

